As you all know, FT doesn't really have a website; other than the forums, there's just a plain text placeholder. There's a history behind it, and reasons for why it's been there since 2007 with little change, but they're not that relevant and not that interesting. The important part is that building a site is now something I have time to do, and after floating the options with the site's staff, we've decided to take a fairly ambitious approach to this. We're not just creating a website, we're creating a whole new Furry Teens; improving as much as possible without losing focus of what makes this site fantastic: The forums, and the exceptional sense of community surrounding them.

As much as I'd love to open all discussions regarding the new site to everyone, I've been doing this professionally long enough to know that the larger the planning committee is, the more difficult it is to get things off the ground. So, I'd like to select a representative sample of forum members to invite to the new site planning forum.

There are no seniority requirements for this. Whether you've been here five years or five hours, you have an equal opportunity. The only real requirement to being a beta tester for the new site is that you need to be able to communicate reasonably effectively, and have a passionate interest in helping shape the new FT website.

Technical skill isn't a requirement either, but it's helpful. Initially, this will simply be a planning discussion. Once I start actually building it, I'll need hands-on bug/feature testing, and all the honest feedback I can get. The development will presumably be a solo job, but if anyone here happens to be familiar with Python/Django development, I'll certainly consider and welcome additional hands.

If you're interested, send me a private message, preferably with "beta" in the subject line

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

Just a reminder that I'm still accepting beta tester applications indefinitely.

Also, as I said, the new site will be built in Python, using the Django framework, and hopefully running on PostgreSQL. If you're familiar with any or all of those, I welcome you to step up and join the development team. If you're not familiar with those technologies, but would like to learn, I'll happily include you in the development effort

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

Also, as I said, the new site will be built in Python, using the Django framework, and hopefully running on PostgreSQL. ... If you're not familiar with those technologies, but would like to learn, I'll happily include you in the development effort

Ooh well you know I"m down for learning, I'm sure that'd be helpful in my career. Even if stuff like that is way over my head x)

Also, as I said, the new site will be built in Python, using the Django framework, and hopefully running on PostgreSQL. ... If you're not familiar with those technologies, but would like to learn, I'll happily include you in the development effort

Ooh well you know I"m down for learning, I'm sure that'd be helpful in my career. Even if stuff like that is way over my head x)

Also, as I said, the new site will be built in Python, using the Django framework, and hopefully running on PostgreSQL. ... If you're not familiar with those technologies, but would like to learn, I'll happily include you in the development effort

Ooh well you know I"m down for learning, I'm sure that'd be helpful in my career. Even if stuff like that is way over my head x)

I'm befuddled. I've been lurking and keeping the "topic revival game" scoreboard up-to-date this entire time. I simply ceased to have anythng really to say and even now it's more "eh, I'll interact some and see who's around" than anything else.

But the point is, I never considered myself to have left - merely became less active.

I'm a machine pretending to be a human pretending to be a furry that eats data like a human pretending to be a furry pretending to be a machine. What more is there to understand? (Somewhere is a need for me to finally add "with the soul of a non-indigenous animal trapped in his body", but it can wait :3)

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3